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Yahoo
14-07-2025
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Crews enter fourth day of battling Western Pines fire northeast of Davenport
Jul. 13—The Western Pines fire continues to burn in Lincoln County as it nears almost 6,000 acres. The fire started early Wednesday afternoon approximately 10 miles Northeast of Davenport, Washington, and is believed to be human caused. It remained 0% contained as of Saturday morning. Friday, the fire had a short advancement along its western edge according to a press release shared on the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office Facebook. "Today, the primary focus will be for ground crews on connecting fire lines around the southern perimeter of the fire and aided by aerial resources as necessary," the release read. "Structure protection teams will continue to evaluate at risk structures and provide protection." Increased fire activity was expected into the afternoon. All previous evacuation areas remain in place, including the latest Level 3 evacuations for Green Canyon, Mill Canyon, Harker Canyon, Farr Road and Angel Springs Road. As of Sunday, the Western Pines fire dropped 55 acres as 441 personnel continue working to suppress the flames. A news release on Sunday said that crews will continue to mop-up the perimeter of the fire, patrol for spot fires and provide protection for nearby structures. Level 2 evacuations also downgraded leaving level 1 and level 3 evacuations still in place. Bonny Matejowsky and Corbin Vanderby's work is funded in part by members of the Spokane community via the Community Journalism and Civic Engagement Fund. This story can be republished by other organizations for free under a Creative Commons license. For more information on this, please contact our newspaper's managing editor.
Yahoo
11-07-2025
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Crews continue to battle Western Pines fire northeast of Davenport
Jul. 10—The Western Pines fire burning northeast of Davenport has nearly doubled in size as crews continue to battle the blaze as it approaches the Spokane River. Listed at about 2,100 acres on Wednesday, the fire has now grown to about 3,800 acres, according to Ryan Rodruck, spokesman for the Washington Department of Natural Resources. It's believed to have started about 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday near Carp Lake and Western Pines roads. It spread rapidly east, driven by winds on Wednesday and is expected to spread south. The Lincoln County Sheriff's Office has several evacuation orders in place for the area. On Wednesday, crews "engaged in initial attack of the fire with retardant drops from aerial resources and structure protection crews engaging in operations," according to a DNR news release. "Local and adjacent fire district resources engaged in initial attack and began to construct direct, and indirect, fire line(s) in coordination with dozers." Some 78 crews worked through the night Wednesday to try to get containment on the fire, according to the release. "Aerial resources began to slow the fire and ground crews looked for safe areas to begin more fire line construction, but rugged terrain limited access to some areas," the statement reads. As of 7 a.m. Thursday, the Northeast Washington Interagency Type 3 incident management team assumed command of the efforts to control the fire. Fire crews will be broken into divisions and strike teams from the state mobilization will help relieve local resources, according to the release. "Today crews will progress off the work completed (Wednesday) and through the night," the release states. "Ground crews will focus on connecting fire lines around the perimeter of the fire and aerial resources will continue to knock down the forward progression of the fire." The weather conditions, especially the high winds, have calmed which should help efforts to control the fire. The high in the area is expected to reach 83 degrees Thursday. Winds should be out of the west from 5-to-10 mph and they will shift to northwest this afternoon. Thursday night, winds will continue out of the northeast from 3-to-7 mph. This story is developing and will be updated.
